Base-ball mitt.



J. GAMBLE.

BASE BALL MITT.

APPLIUATION FILED 1150.2,19os- Patented Mar. 30, 1909.

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mariani JOHN GAMBLE, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO GEORGEA. REACH, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

BASE-BALL MIT?.

Application led December 2, 1908.

10 all 'whom it may concern:

Be it knovrn that I, JOHN GAMBLE, a citizen of the United States, andresident of Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and State ofPennsylvania, have invented a nenv and useful Improvement in Base-BallMitts, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in base ball mitts, and pertainsparticularly to the glove piece in padded mitts made of separable frontand back sections by Which the mitts are secured upon the hand of thewearer.

rlie object of my invention is to provide strengthening or reinforcingpieces embracing the glove piece and bach section of the mitts at theplaces Where the greatest strain occurs in use, whereby is attained amore durable structure of the back of mitts of said class than hasheretofore been produced., and thus overcoming the tendency of same torip or tear under the force of impact of the ball.

To these ends, my invention includes the combination and arrangement ofcomponent parts to be hereinafter' described and particularly pointedout in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings illustrating my invention, in which likecharacters designate similaiparts, Figure l is a top plan vieiv thereof,and Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional view on the line 2-2 of F ig. l.Fig. 3 is a detail plan view of one side of the back of a mitt showingmy reinforcing pieces with the wrist strap removed.

My invention includes, generally, a front and back section of base ballmitts adapted to be laced or otherwise separably united at their outeredges and contain therein padding material, a glove piece stitched uponthe back section, and reinforcing pieces embracing the rear end of theglove pieces and stitched to the back section of the mitt and lacedtherewith to the front section thereof.

Referring now to the drawings, 1 designates the front or palm section ofa base ball mitt and 2 indicates the back section thereof adapted to belaced together through eyelets 3 on their outer adjacent edges toconfine the padding l carried therein.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented March 30, 1909.

Serial No. 465,675.

Secured upon the back section 2 of the mitt is a glove piece 5 which isprovided With the usual linger portions 6 and thumb portion 7. Saidglove piece, as shown, has a cut-out portion at S over the baclr of thehand and Wrist of the wearer, and is secured upon the hand by the strap9 and buckle l0, stitched upon the opposite sides of the cut outportion. The glove piece 5 is preferably attached to the back section 2of the mitt by a roW of stitching il adjacent to the outer edge thereof.

It Will be apparent that the greatest strain upon the glove piece 5 andthe back section 2 ofthe mitt, in use, occurs adjacent to the oppositeends of the strap 9 and buckle 10, Which tends to rip or tear the glovepiece and back section, thus destroying the use of the glove. For thepurpose of overcoming such Weakness, I provide reinforcing pieces 12 andI2 at the rear ends of the glove piece, which, as sho vn, embrace therear portions of the glove piece 5 and are stitched thereto and to theback section 2 of the mitt, and are also secured to the back section 2by the eyelets 3 and thus laced therewith to the front section l of themitt. Such construction and attachment of the reinforcing pieces l2 andl2 removes the strain upon the glove piece and seams attaching sametothe bach of the mitt, and distributes the strain over al greater spaceand prevents the ripping and tearing of the back section and glove pieceof the mitt.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to besecured by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a base ball mitt, the combination with a front section and a backsection, of a glove piece, having a rear cut-out portion, attached tothe back section, reinforcing pieces embracing the rear free ends ofsaid glove piece and stitched thereto and to the said back section, anda Wrist strap secured to the glove piece and to the said reinforcingpieces, substantially as described,

2. In a base ball mitt, the combination with a front section and a backsection adapted to be laced together, of a glove piece stitched to saidback section, reinforcing pieces embracing the rear free ends of saidglove piece and secured thereto and to the said back section, saidreinforcing pieces eX- signed my name to this specification, in thetendilg to lohe outil' edge of thelloack section presence of JILWosubecribing Witnesses. and ein aced t ereWith to t e front sec- T tionof thge Initt, and a Wrist strap secured to JGLIN GAMBLE 5 the glovepiecey and to the said reinforcing Witnesses:

pieces, substantially as described. ALLEN C. MIDDLETON,

n testimony whereof,v I have hereunto ED. HOFF

